to apologize; to apologise
replacement; substitute; displacement; transposition; reset
people; crowd; masses; the public
student; follower; students and pupils
introspection; reflection on one's self
admirable; charming; nostalgic; curious; eager to know (or see, experience, etc.)
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous
ridge (in field); row of raised earth when planting crops; rib (cloth, mountains, sea); cord (e.g. corduroy)
founding a country; opening of a country (e.g. Japan) to the world; ending (a policy of) national seclusion
to hint; to insinuate; to satirize; to satirise
the proof of the pudding is in the eating; (lit.) evidence is better than debate
to sow; to plant; to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict); to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)
greens; vegetables; rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right
-like; pseudo-; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism; (arch.) censure
hidden meaning; symbolism; moral
accession to the throne; enthronement
adding; connecting; joining; drawing a forced inference; forced analogy
to weave into; to interweave; to be incorporated in; to be factored in
in (the proper) order; in (the correct) sequence
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
hillock; small hill; knoll; hummock
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
koto (13-stringed Japanese zither); (arch.) stringed instrument
thicket; bush; grove; (medical) quack
green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor); Japanese pheasant
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
to commit adultery; to fornicate; to have illicit sex; to rape; to violate; to abuse sexually
face; surface; mask (esp. a noh or kyogen mask)
indicates the target of an activity; -ee (e.g. employee, examinee, trustee)